Child Care
Running head: CHILD CARE
Which way is the best to care for your baby?
Yeji Yoon
University at Buffalo
ESL 408B
Beth Seilberger
April 9, 2010
Outline
I. Thesis Statement: Parental nurturing is best choice for children. A. Introduction(Facts) 1. Past- Mothers usually stayed at home 2. Today-Ratio of stay-at-home mothers decreased a. Financial problems b. Build their own careers (traditional gender roles have changed) 3. Policies for working mothers a. Policies b. Limitation – Reason to find alternatives 4. Kinds of alternatives
-Day care center, Home-based day care, Babysitter/Nannies, Relative B. Body 1. Advantages of Parental nurturing/Maternal care 2. High-quality day care center a. Advantage b. Problems for parents – high cost 3. Home-based child care a. Reason why parents choose home-based child care b. Advantage – low cost c. Problems – quality 4. Relatives / Babysitter a. Advantage b. Problem C. Conclusion 1. Parents should stay at home to take care of their children 2. Alternative: High-quality day care center is better than other alternatives 3. Compromise between parental child care and out-of-home childcare a. Government policy-quality of day care center b. Company-flexible working time
Which way is the best to care for your baby? Today, most parents are concerned about which type of child care is best for their children. In the past, mothers usually stayed at home to raise their children, so they did not need to decide who nurtured the children. However, today’s circumstances have changed totally. The ratio of stay-at-home mothers has been decreasing steadily. According to statistics, 61% of mothers with children under age three were employed in 2000, whereas only 34% of them worked in 1975 (Drummond, 2001). Some of them might work because of financial problems. On the other hand, they might want to work in order to build their
Which way is the best to care for your baby?
Yeji Yoon
University at Buffalo
ESL 408B
Beth Seilberger
April 9, 2010
Outline
I. Thesis Statement: Parental nurturing is best choice for children. A. Introduction(Facts) 1. Past- Mothers usually stayed at home 2. Today-Ratio of stay-at-home mothers decreased a. Financial problems b. Build their own careers (traditional gender roles have changed) 3. Policies for working mothers a. Policies b. Limitation – Reason to find alternatives 4. Kinds of alternatives
-Day care center, Home-based day care, Babysitter/Nannies, Relative B. Body 1. Advantages of Parental nurturing/Maternal care 2. High-quality day care center a. Advantage b. Problems for parents – high cost 3. Home-based child care a. Reason why parents choose home-based child care b. Advantage – low cost c. Problems – quality 4. Relatives / Babysitter a. Advantage b. Problem C. Conclusion 1. Parents should stay at home to take care of their children 2. Alternative: High-quality day care center is better than other alternatives 3. Compromise between parental child care and out-of-home childcare a. Government policy-quality of day care center b. Company-flexible working time
Which way is the best to care for your baby? Today, most parents are concerned about which type of child care is best for their children. In the past, mothers usually stayed at home to raise their children, so they did not need to decide who nurtured the children. However, today’s circumstances have changed totally. The ratio of stay-at-home mothers has been decreasing steadily. According to statistics, 61% of mothers with children under age three were employed in 2000, whereas only 34% of them worked in 1975 (Drummond, 2001). Some of them might work because of financial problems. On the other hand, they might want to work in order to build their
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